This Year's Eastern Sierra Trip Dates:  October 12-16, 2011
This Year's Death Valley Trip Dates:  April 11-15, 2012
This Year's Colordao Plateau Trip Dates:  May 26 - June 9, 2012

Earth 132: Death Valley
(5 Days: April 11-15, 2012)

(San Andreas Fault, Black and Funeral Mountains, Dante's View, Badwater,
Devils Golf Course, Ubehebe Craters, Sand Dunes, and more...)
Study the forces that formed the deepest valley in the western hemisphere!
Contact Jan Schultz, Jeff Meyer, or Erin O'Connor, for more information.

• Death Valley 2012 (turn sound on for videos)
    Photos: Day1, Day2, Day3, Day4, Day5
    Music Videos: Day1, D1Tnts, Day2, Day3, Day4, D4Dunes, D4Darwin, Day5
    If no sound: : Day1, D1Tnts, Day2, Day3, Day4, D4Dunes, D4Darwin, Day5
• Death Valley Petrology 2009 (Photos by Betsy Weiss)
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  and to view pictures from previous trips!

Earth 133: Colorado Plateau
(Two Weeks: May 26 - June 9, 2012)

An honors-level field seminar to the parks of Arizona, Colorado, and Utah (Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Arches, Natural Bridges, Monument Valley, Capital Reef, and more...)
Designed for the student who has successfully completed an introductory geology class with an A or B grade.  Previous enrollment in Earth 131 or 132 is recommended.
Contact Jan Schultz or Jeff Meye for more information.

• The 2011 Crew (write-up on participants)
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• FTP website for 2008 pictures
• Colorado Plateau 2008:
     Ron Foster's Pictures
• Colorado Plateau 2006:
     Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7,
     Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15
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  and to view pictures from previous trips!

Earth 134: Western Sierra Nevada
(Nine Days: July - August , 2012) - tentative
(Required Pre-Trip Meeting: 1 Day in July)

A field seminar to the Western Sierra Nevada. Designed both for students with no geology background and for students with geology background that want to learn about a new area.
Contact Jeff Meyer for more information.

• Western Sierra 2008 Photos
  Photos by: Dennis, Ryan, Sam, Amanda
• Western Sierra 2004 Photos
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  and to view pictures from previous trips!

Dr. Gray's Summer Field Courses

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   --This Year's Course Info and Instructions 2011

Earth 137-Introductory Field Geology (3.2 units)
Will begin June 11- Monday. It goes each week from M-W-Th-8:30 AM to Noon, Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM in the field. Students will be introduced to Geological  field mapping techniques by course work activities in the lab (EBS 115) and field mapping in areas around Santa Barbara on Fridays. Grade is by completion of lab exercises and field mapping teams. Last day of this course is Tuesday, July 3rd (with a required option on Friday, July 6 at field camp).

Earth 138- Geology Field Camp (4.3 units)
Will be 14 consecutive days at our field camp near Mt Abel (Cerro Noreste) and Camp Condor (near Frazier Park) from Thursday, July 5 through Wednesday, July 18 and at SBCC from Thursday, July 19 to Tuesday, July 24. All geology mapping projects in Earth 138 will be conducted fully in the field in both the Ridge Basin and the Cuyama Badlands.  The entire projects will be team-oriented and the final grades for Earth 138 will be the accumulated points by teams. Caution: the Earth 138 course will NOT be around SBCC but held in areas in which we will not be able to return back to Santa Barbara for the 14 days. Scholarships will be available for the Earth 138 course.

Canada (Summer)
(Three Weeks)

An honors level field seminar to study the geology of the western US and Canada(Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Glacier, Banff, Jasper, Crater Lake, Mt Lassen, and more...).
Designed for the student who has successfully completed an introductory geology class with an A or B grade.  Previous enrollment in Earth 131, 132, or 133, is strongly recommended. 
Contact Jan Schultz (schultz@sbcc.edu) or Jeff Meyer (meyerj@sbcc.edu) for more information.

• Canada 2006 (pictures by R. Foster):
  Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7,
  Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14,
  Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20, Day 21,
  Day 22, Day 23, Day 24
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  and to view pictures from previous trips!